28th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

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28th Infantry Brigade
Active	c.1914-c.1974
Country	Great Britain
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry

The 28th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation which served during the First World War, the Second World War, and the Korean War.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Korea 1.2 SEATO 2 Structure 2.1 Commanders 3 External links

[edit] History

The Brigade was part of 9th (Scottish) Division during World War I.

Initially the brigade belonged to the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division from 1939 to 1940. After the destruction of the 51st Highland Division during the Battle of France in 1940, the 9th Division was redesignated the 51st Highland Division and the 28th Brigade was reformed as the 154th Infantry Brigade.

The 28th Brigade came into being again when the 2nd Gibraltar Brigade was redesignated as the 28th Brigade at Gibraltar on 1 December 1943. It served with the 4th Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign and in Greece.

[edit] Korea

The Brigade arrived in Hong Kong from the UK in 1949, to join the 40th Infantry Division. It arrived in April 1951 in Korea , took the title '28 Commonwealth Brigade' and joined the 1st Commonwealth Division, and served right through the war until leaving in 1954.

[edit] SEATO

The Brigade was reformed on 16 September 1955 in Malaya, formed from a combination of forces from Australia, New Zealand and Britain.^[1] The formation was now air portable and named the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group. The Brigade's operational role was as the 'Immediate Reaction Force' for SEATO. On 31 October 1971 the Brigade ceased to exist. However, its demise was painless and involved a mere change of name and location. On 1 November 1971 the Brigade became 28 ANZUK Infantry Brigade and was located on the northern side of Singapore Island.

[edit] Structure

Under 9th Highland Division

• 7th Battalion, Black Watch
• 10th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
• 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

24 December 1943

• 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
• 2nd Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)
• 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - (From 5th Dec.1944)
• 2/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment - (From 24 March 1944)

Mid 1949

• 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
• 1st Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Korea

• 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, July 1951-August 1952
• 1st Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry, July 1951-September 1952
• 1st Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers, August 1952-July 1953
• 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, September 1952-July 1953
• 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), September 1950-July 1953
• 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), June 1952-March 1953
• 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), April 1953-July 1953

[edit] Commanders

• Brig. B.A. Campbell (CO of original brigade)
• Brig. A.C.L. Stanley Clarke (CO of original brigade)
• Brig. A.J.L. Purves
• Brig. C.A.M.D. Scott

[edit] External links

1. ^ 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Provost Unit - Malaya, Borneo, and Singapore, accessed June 2008

• Order of Battle
• 28 Infantry Brigade at Orders of Battle.com^?